Palos Park thieves masquerade as telephone service workers

PALOS PARK — A 95-year-old Palos Park woman reported that a diamond ring was stolen from her bedroom last week when two men claiming to be telephone service workers came to her home, police said.

The woman allowed them inside her home after the men told her they needed to trim tree limbs in her backyard. While she was distracted, one of the offenders removed the ring, a family heirloom, from a dresser.